Improvement in combined dividers and siding-hook



H. SHERMAN.

COMBINED DIVIDER AND SIDING-HOOK.

No. 193,898. Patented Aug. 7,1877.

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UNITED STATES ATET FFroE.

HOMER SHERMAN, OF FLUSHING, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT m COMBINED DIVIDERS AND SIDING-HOOK.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 193,898, dated August7, 1877; application filed April 2, 1877.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HOMER SHERMAN, of Flushing, in the county of Geneseeand State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved OombinedDividers and Siding-Hook, of which the following is a specification:

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a top view, and Fig. 2a horizontal section on line as as, Fig. 1, of my improved dividers andsiding-hook combined.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish for carpenters an improvedtool that combines the advantages of a pair of dividers and of a Isiding-hook with a marking knife-scale,bevelsquare, &c., forming asimple and handy implement for cutting and marking boards in siding andwainscotiug.

The invention consists of a siding-hook having a straight back and afixed point, in combination with a pivoted divider-deg, as will behereinafter more fully set forth.

In the drawing, A represents a siding-hook of the usual shape and size,which is provided at one end with a fixed projecting point, B, thatserves, in connection with the hook A, as one leg of a pair of dividers,while the second movable leg, B, is pivoted to the opposite end of thehook, and guided by an arc-shaped arm, a, in a slot of the hook, themovable leg B being clamped into fixed position by a setscrew, b,bearing on the arm a, in the customary manner.

The siding-hook A is provided at the face part with .raised guide-stripsO, that are secured in suitable manner at the ends, and (lesigned forthe purpose of guiding apointed marking knife, D, across the boards, theknife D being adjustable by slot and setscrew in a base-plate, D havinga button,D

A curved piece, d, below the button bears against the guide-strips, andadmits sliding of the knife in inclined position to the strips, as shownin Fig. 1, so that the marking-knife projects just far enough beyond theedge of the siding-hook to cut a marking-line on the board.

The tool may be used as common dividers, or for setting off bevels andsquares, by the swinging leg, when the straight back of the siding-hookis placed against the edge of the board, or it may also be employed insiding, as dividers, hook, and marking-knife may be used at will, andfor wainscoting, and for other applications in carpentry.

Having thus described my invention, Iclaim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The combination of the siding-hook A, having astraight back, a fixed point, B, at one end, and a half-kn uckle jointat the other end, with the pivoted divider-leg B, provided with ahalf-knuckle joint, as and for the purpose set forth.

HOMER SHERMAN.

Witnesses:

SIDNEY S. BUSH, DAVID SANFORD.

